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this is an important moment for obama. he's got a lot on his plate. there's gun control. he has to make a very important case for his gun control proposals. immigration is in trouble, i believe in this town. he's got to make a very forceful case for immigration. he's got to most of all perhaps make a very strong occasion for his position on the upcoming sequestration site and budget cuts. the republicans are positioning so that they're going to try to blame obama if sequestration takes effect and those cuts take effect and obama's going to have to say no, here's my position and here's why you, american voters, should support it. he's got to talk about jobs and the middle class and growth for the american country. there's a lot. >> he does have a big list. thanks for going through that with us. when we see the president tomorrow we're going to see all of what you just mentioned. i think the things that are sexiest to america right now are guns and sequestration. the guns are sexiest to washington. we really appreciate your in sights, again. michael tomasky newsweek and the
this is an important moment for obama. he's got a lot on his plate. there's gun control. he has to make a very important case for his gun control proposals. immigration is in trouble, i believe in this town. he's got to make a very forceful case for immigration. he's got to most of all perhaps make a very strong occasion for his position on the upcoming sequestration site and budget cuts. the republicans are positioning so that they're going to try to blame obama if sequestration takes effect...
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socialist, kenyan obama story line. >> it is. actually, one of the points i mentioned in my ratings piece is not only fox lowest ratingses in 12 years, roger ailes oversees fox business. some of those programs demo viewers are in the five, six 7,000. it is available in 60 million homes. the reason i think fox news has been dormant -- a ratings doormat is because of this dow thing. you know. they've been overseeing four years of this astounding dow jones growth. fox business has been talking about what a disaster obama is. so if fox business can't acknowledge what's happening on wall street because of their ideological filters of course they're going to have problems. it is the same problem that i think fox news is finally having. look fox viewers have never held it responsible for getting everything wrong. we could make an argument people tune in fox news in order to be misinformed. but -- >> stephanie: to feel better. >> absolutely. to feel better. to be angry and to be mad. but again that model seems to have been played out. >>
socialist, kenyan obama story line. >> it is. actually, one of the points i mentioned in my ratings piece is not only fox lowest ratingses in 12 years, roger ailes oversees fox business. some of those programs demo viewers are in the five, six 7,000. it is available in 60 million homes. the reason i think fox news has been dormant -- a ratings doormat is because of this dow thing. you know. they've been overseeing four years of this astounding dow jones growth. fox business has been...
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we're pretty sure it is obama. the other piece that's really not been talked about this week which i find a little chilling is that in addition to al-awlaki, okay, he was apparently a bad guy director of external operations which you know, a title. they got his son who was 16. in most countries that's considered a sort of war crimish. he's a juvenile. he's a child. >> there are a lot of people that i talk to and that we hear from that say you have personally, a certain threshold of what's acceptable and not acceptable. and the fact that this country is killing innocent children with drones, like it or not they're collateral damage or whatever you want to call them, killing children, that's the threshold. that's too much. that's too far. that's when you gotta stop supporting -- you know, what we're doing. >> he wasn't collateral damage. he was targeted. the 16-year-old was targeted. >> bill: assuming he was part of his father's operation but again, you know, he may have been. i think all of us are more comfortable w
we're pretty sure it is obama. the other piece that's really not been talked about this week which i find a little chilling is that in addition to al-awlaki, okay, he was apparently a bad guy director of external operations which you know, a title. they got his son who was 16. in most countries that's considered a sort of war crimish. he's a juvenile. he's a child. >> there are a lot of people that i talk to and that we hear from that say you have personally, a certain threshold of what's...
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he is secretary of state but obama sets the policy. he is the president. >> yes, but let me tell you one thing people don't think of much. when hillary came in she brought her own people. this was a clinton state department. all of the top posts, she got them. all of the campaper people from her campaign got the jobs. kerry doesn't have any of that. so what you are going stosee is a real obama staffing up the state department so it's not going to be a kerry operation. it will be an obama state department led by john kerry. makes a big difference >> bill: now that the president has his secretary of state in place, he is spushingpushing for his man to be the new secretary of defense. leon panetta was on "meet the press" yesterday commenting about chuck hagel's appearance last week in front of the senate foreign relations committee but first, leon defending hagel and said they weren't asking the most important questions. >> they talked a lot about post quotes. but what about when a secretary of defense is confronting today? what about the
he is secretary of state but obama sets the policy. he is the president. >> yes, but let me tell you one thing people don't think of much. when hillary came in she brought her own people. this was a clinton state department. all of the top posts, she got them. all of the campaper people from her campaign got the jobs. kerry doesn't have any of that. so what you are going stosee is a real obama staffing up the state department so it's not going to be a kerry operation. it will be an obama...
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obama -- >> bill: he ended up supporting obama, very helpful to obama. when clinton was president clinton held up a stack of papers yesterday and said no these are not my notes, these are the letters as i received as president from ed koch on all kinds of different issues. we've got lots to cover today. evan mcmorris santoro. we'll be joined by the greatest columnist in the country today, frank rich, expanded columns great articles for "new york" magazine. but first -- >> this is the "full court press." >> other headlines making news on this tuesday. the parent's television council is not happy with cbs after allowing celebratory swearing from baltimore ravens quarterback joe flacco to go on the air uncensored after his super bowl win on sunday. he dropped the f bomb after another player dropped the f bomb. the ptc is calling on the fcc to punish cbs saying those words have no place on tv where children are watching and the nfl and broadcast networks have not improved their standards since janet jackson's nipple gate now nine years ago. >> bill: i must t
obama -- >> bill: he ended up supporting obama, very helpful to obama. when clinton was president clinton held up a stack of papers yesterday and said no these are not my notes, these are the letters as i received as president from ed koch on all kinds of different issues. we've got lots to cover today. evan mcmorris santoro. we'll be joined by the greatest columnist in the country today, frank rich, expanded columns great articles for "new york" magazine. but first -- >>...
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i think obama -- obama don't you get the sense obama feels that now? >> yeah. >> feels the power more? >> absolutely. >> or willing to use power more? >> and willing -- feels he can have, if they have an apocolyptic showdown he will win it. they feel that, too. they don't emerge from the fights stronger. if, god forbid, they go over one of these cliffs it totally cleared whoever has the stronger hand amid the crisis. it becomes about what are we restoring? it's one that favors the democrats. >> ben, great to have you in the studio. thank so much. any time you come down to washington, you are welcome here here. >> thank you for having me on. >> bill: might get you on the phone from new york. we love people in the studios. come back and see us. buzz feed.com. i will tell you what the president is up to today. busy schedule. >> this is "the bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. [ music ] (vo) current tv gets the converstion started next. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could u
i think obama -- obama don't you get the sense obama feels that now? >> yeah. >> feels the power more? >> absolutely. >> or willing to use power more? >> and willing -- feels he can have, if they have an apocolyptic showdown he will win it. they feel that, too. they don't emerge from the fights stronger. if, god forbid, they go over one of these cliffs it totally cleared whoever has the stronger hand amid the crisis. it becomes about what are we restoring? it's one...
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is there an obama skeet shooting action figure already? why, yes there is. [ applause ] >> cool. >> stephanie: rocky mountain mike says racist hillbilly conspiracy theory sold separately. so that's a thing. okay. oh, hey, speaking of racist hillbillies -- [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> chris, i'm not saying every republican is racist. whenever there is a story about so and so, fill in homophobic racist thing here? do you think there are some people who go huh i wonder if that was a republican -- oh, it is a republican. oh, from the south? oh really. you don't say! >> what did they do now? >> stephanie: this guy that we talked about yesterday the guy that sent the really racist homophobic tweets during the super bowl -- >> tim canon was his name. >> stephanie: yes. he defends mocking trayvon martin's death. apparently the rest of us are missing the humor in that. he said -- one of the tweets was this super bowl sucks more [ bleep ] than trayvon martin for drug money if he was alive. [ whatever! ] >> he wasn't buying drugs. he was buyin
is there an obama skeet shooting action figure already? why, yes there is. [ applause ] >> cool. >> stephanie: rocky mountain mike says racist hillbilly conspiracy theory sold separately. so that's a thing. okay. oh, hey, speaking of racist hillbillies -- [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> chris, i'm not saying every republican is racist. whenever there is a story about so and so, fill in homophobic racist thing here? do you think there are some people who go huh i...
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it's not an anti-obama. it's a proceed-constitutional thing. >> we have robert reich and dick cabot became a regular. he will make weekly appearances. he came on. dick cavet is talking pop culture and the sharpest guy in the world. we are having a good time with him side kick with me. >> good to talk to you. >> i want to say we live in a world where these drones are going off and barack obama gets to keep his peace prize but nilly van illy had to give theirs back. >> this is the bill press the show. current tv, it's been all building up to this. >>bill shares his views, now it's your turn. >>i know you're going to want to weigh in on these issues. >>connect with "full court press with bill press" at facebook.com/billpressshow and on twitter at bpshow. >>i believe people are hungry for it. >> taking your e-mails on any topic at any time, this is the bill press show. live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: accew weather will join us with a full accounting of the blizzard. graham and mccain, these two have
it's not an anti-obama. it's a proceed-constitutional thing. >> we have robert reich and dick cabot became a regular. he will make weekly appearances. he came on. dick cavet is talking pop culture and the sharpest guy in the world. we are having a good time with him side kick with me. >> good to talk to you. >> i want to say we live in a world where these drones are going off and barack obama gets to keep his peace prize but nilly van illy had to give theirs back. >>...
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marco rubio to give the response to president obama's state of the union. and get this he is not only going to do it in english. he is going to do it in spanish as well. both languages. they got to get -- they want to get that latino vote so they are putting marco rubio up there. the republicans clearly see that they are in trouble, and this is a guy who is going to bring them out of the wilderness into the promised land. they have hitched their star to his wagon: marco rubio, the young latino senator from florida. and you can see, you know, he is attractive. he is young. he is handsome. he is a latino and that is the fastest growing part of the american electorate which mitt romney, of course lost to president obama 71% to 27%. my question to you this morning is: we all know, we have all seen marco rubio. he has gotten a lot of exposure lately. he is working hard at it. are you afraid of marco rubio? democrats, progressives? is he going to wrest control back for the republican party? the toll-free number. and do you think that this de deification of marco
marco rubio to give the response to president obama's state of the union. and get this he is not only going to do it in english. he is going to do it in spanish as well. both languages. they got to get -- they want to get that latino vote so they are putting marco rubio up there. the republicans clearly see that they are in trouble, and this is a guy who is going to bring them out of the wilderness into the promised land. they have hitched their star to his wagon: marco rubio, the young latino...
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but yet you go to prison because he talked about it why do you think this administration president obama who signed an executive order to stop torture at the very beginning of his first term why do you think he's protecting folks from the previous administration most people don't realize this but president obama has surrounded himself with the same intelligence advisors who advised president bush through most of the first term the cia had the same deputy director that bush had the same director of operations that bush had john brennan who is president obama's new designee to be the cia director and until what a week ago or so was the deputy national security adviser was under president bush the director of the national counterterrorism center and up to his eyeballs in torture policy so even though we changed presidents there was really no change of intelligence advisors at least not on counterterrorism john brennan you mentioned john brennan and i want to ask you about him the future head of the cia what kind of a cia chief is he going to be in your opinion i think he's going to be someb
but yet you go to prison because he talked about it why do you think this administration president obama who signed an executive order to stop torture at the very beginning of his first term why do you think he's protecting folks from the previous administration most people don't realize this but president obama has surrounded himself with the same intelligence advisors who advised president bush through most of the first term the cia had the same deputy director that bush had the same director...
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he believed obama was going to lose reelection. they were telling him the right was being told over here. he say no termer. he can never get reelected and soon you will have a president that is your kind of president. someone who said what you want, you will get. the message he was getting. chuck schumer called him at the height of the campaign and said obama is going to win and the u.s. starts to adjust for that. between him winning a race that netanyahu never thought he was going to win and missing no opportunity and netanyahu himself ending up in sort of a messy situation, i think that's interesting and it's an interesting context to the visit. >> mitt romney promised he would make israel his first. >> his first. i want to quickly mention and talk about the hagel confirmation hearings, i'm interested to watch, he will make it through the committee and get confirmed, but how many republicans are going to vote for him? right now only two of 45 are on the record saying they are yes votes. probably about 20 have not said anything. m
he believed obama was going to lose reelection. they were telling him the right was being told over here. he say no termer. he can never get reelected and soon you will have a president that is your kind of president. someone who said what you want, you will get. the message he was getting. chuck schumer called him at the height of the campaign and said obama is going to win and the u.s. starts to adjust for that. between him winning a race that netanyahu never thought he was going to win and...
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barack obama had taken that position. the reality was, it was another backdoor attempt, and jim webb put it on the record. another backdoor attempt of the administration of george bush and on rumsfeld and dick cheney to say now we have a reason to go to war. that is the first time we have ever singled out any entity and any other country as a terrorist organization and said, okay, we have to single them out. >> a third of the senate voted for that position. >> let me ask you, marc. is the irg a terrorist organization or not? >> i do not know. >> let him finish the answer. >> i do know this. i know when it was politically and realistically. was it an attempt to give more strength to an administration that had taken us into a war that was a disaster, which has been a disaster, and which has left the united states even more isolated and strengthen iran? because of the invasion and occupation of iraq, iran is a more dominant, influential, and stronger flow in the world. >> immigration reform. republicans get the message. >> a
barack obama had taken that position. the reality was, it was another backdoor attempt, and jim webb put it on the record. another backdoor attempt of the administration of george bush and on rumsfeld and dick cheney to say now we have a reason to go to war. that is the first time we have ever singled out any entity and any other country as a terrorist organization and said, okay, we have to single them out. >> a third of the senate voted for that position. >> let me ask you, marc....
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president obama is building support for the immigration reform plan. he is meeting with leaders of the white house an they create a guest worker program to allow future immigrants to come to the u.s. legally. the president will make the first visit to israel this spring for tauctionz that might repair a strained relationship of benjamin netanyahu. the president also is planning to make stops in the west bank in jordan. >>> this is day two of the iranian leader ahmadinejad's visit to egypt. a protester threw a shoe at him. >>> in california, reaction to police stocking a mock massacre in a school to teach students how to stop an attack like the shootings in connecticut. critics say that using fake blood and pretending to kill the shooters is too traumatic so soon after sandy hook. >>> some new york state republican lawmakers want to limit governor andrew cuomo's use of powers to pass the strongest gun control law in the country. stephen mick glock lyn say they object to voting on the bill the same night it was introduced. >> just don't question it. just
president obama is building support for the immigration reform plan. he is meeting with leaders of the white house an they create a guest worker program to allow future immigrants to come to the u.s. legally. the president will make the first visit to israel this spring for tauctionz that might repair a strained relationship of benjamin netanyahu. the president also is planning to make stops in the west bank in jordan. >>> this is day two of the iranian leader ahmadinejad's visit to...
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. >>> immigration reform goes front and center in washington as president obama holds high-level talks at the white house. house members will tackle the very issue on capitol hill. tracie potts joins us with a preview of that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that hearing is being held by the house judiciary committee controlled by republicans. some of whom want to make sure the border is secure before we put immigrants on a path to citizenship. that's been the focus of president obama and it will be the focus today when he meets with a number of different groups at the white house, business leaders, labor leaders, civic groups to talk about how do we deal with the 11 million people who have been living, many of them for years, in this country illegally. also today he sent secretary of homeland security, janet napolitano, to the border to take a look at what needs to be done there. she was in san diego yesterday, she'll be in el paso, texas, today. >> very big issue for leaders. >>> nbc news contained a memo that contains legal justification for drone strikes on u.s. citizens.
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even president obama had his bings in the west wing today. the busiest day of the year for finger food establishments. wing stop pittsburgh estimates they'll go through 30 boxes of fresh chicken. that's about 1,200 pounds. they stopped taking online orders earlier this week and were completely sold out for pregame pick-ups between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. >> we about triple our business on a day like today. all the 49er championship games have been extraordinarily busy for us and this will be another one. probably even busier. >> it was some concern there might be a shortage of chicken wings due to last year's drought. that's because it drives up the cost of food for the chickens. it is not true americans will consume more than a billion wings this weekend. >> all right. the super bowl is typically the most watched television event of the year and it turns out many people use that as an excuse to get a new tv. the past several years, tv sales spiked before the super bowl. this year was no exception. especially here in niner territory. >> at least 2
even president obama had his bings in the west wing today. the busiest day of the year for finger food establishments. wing stop pittsburgh estimates they'll go through 30 boxes of fresh chicken. that's about 1,200 pounds. they stopped taking online orders earlier this week and were completely sold out for pregame pick-ups between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. >> we about triple our business on a day like today. all the 49er championship games have been extraordinarily busy for us and this will be...
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well from drone strikes to torture techniques tough questions are in store for barack obama's nominee for the cia head at his confirmation hearing in the senate which has just kicked off now it's already been interrupted by protests but it has now resume john brennan is widely seen as an architect of the u.s. drone strategy in an effort to avoid scrutiny around brennan's can of the see the u.s. president has even agreed to hand over classified documents justifying the killing of american terror suspects abroad now that is after years of keeping it a secret as art and its you can reports confirmation might broaden the horizons for america's drone fleet. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream was drone makers in the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability and their revolutionizing north america by loudly nice to see and keep you from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long docum
well from drone strikes to torture techniques tough questions are in store for barack obama's nominee for the cia head at his confirmation hearing in the senate which has just kicked off now it's already been interrupted by protests but it has now resume john brennan is widely seen as an architect of the u.s. drone strategy in an effort to avoid scrutiny around brennan's can of the see the u.s. president has even agreed to hand over classified documents justifying the killing of american terror...
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dot com including how president obama could start a cyber war with the push of a button and the website to find out about the ability of the white house allowing him to launch a preemptive cyber attack on any country plus. a city in pakistan where osama bin ladin was assassinated is due to get a fun make over to improve its image over to r.t. dot com to find out what islam about has in mind for the former home of the world's most wanted terrorist. britain's police have used the identities of dead children as a cover for its officers according to an investigation by the guardian newspaper parents of the children were not asked for approval or even informed message of a journalist tony gosling feels the metropolitan police his methods are unacceptable. it's just the latest chapter isn't it of police corruption here in britain i mean i'm pinching myself today wondering if i live in a democracy or not we're talking about the identities of eighty dead children stolen by the police i mean you do want to tell you where else these infiltrations have been taking place as well do they have police
dot com including how president obama could start a cyber war with the push of a button and the website to find out about the ability of the white house allowing him to launch a preemptive cyber attack on any country plus. a city in pakistan where osama bin ladin was assassinated is due to get a fun make over to improve its image over to r.t. dot com to find out what islam about has in mind for the former home of the world's most wanted terrorist. britain's police have used the identities of...
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president obama talking about the sequester. obviously important. the economy obviously important but the challenges before us, middle east. north korea. iran. are significant. they don't get as much attention. i know they do on your show and rightly but not as much attention in the broader political world but in many ways as if not more daunting than the challenges we face domestically relating to the economy. it's a difficult time to be president and difficult time to be secretary of state. difficult time to be a member of congress. >> indeed it is. chris, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> always great to get our fix. that does it for us. tomorrow on the show, congressman elijah cummings talking about his new gun control legislation and mike rodgers back and follow the show online and twitter. buy your child a book. my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's next. hi, tamron. >> hi, andrea. great to see you. in the next hour, we are following developing news. >> your economy right now is headed in the right direction. and it will stay that
president obama talking about the sequester. obviously important. the economy obviously important but the challenges before us, middle east. north korea. iran. are significant. they don't get as much attention. i know they do on your show and rightly but not as much attention in the broader political world but in many ways as if not more daunting than the challenges we face domestically relating to the economy. it's a difficult time to be president and difficult time to be secretary of state....
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positions that they received and they concluded that those whose political connections to president obama were measured in dollars for the administration service had an increased chance of representing the united states and western europe and a smaller chance of serving in say central asia or sub-saharan africa donors and advisers involved in the diplomatic selection process say the competition this year has been so tight that those who have raised less than a million dollars are for the most part unlikely to be considered so what is the quote unquote price tag for the highly sought diplomatic posts according to this study friends and monaco topped the list with a level of personal contributions at six point two million dollars quote unquote the price for a position in the u.k. the authors find appears to live between six hundred fifty thousand dollars and two point three million dollars a posting in luxembourg is valued as three point one million dollars and appointment to portugal was predicted to have a value of around six hundred thousand dollars like all modern presidents before him
positions that they received and they concluded that those whose political connections to president obama were measured in dollars for the administration service had an increased chance of representing the united states and western europe and a smaller chance of serving in say central asia or sub-saharan africa donors and advisers involved in the diplomatic selection process say the competition this year has been so tight that those who have raised less than a million dollars are for the most...
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i think the republicans give obama cover. anything he fails to get is because of the republicans who are in transit on the right. there are so many republicans who don't want any kind of path to citizenship. i do believe this is important. rubio is a very important player. can he pull the party together? i think if he can we are going to get there. >> always great to get your perspective on these issues. joe trippi, karl rove, thanks for being with us. >> thank you for having us. >> we are for the gone with mr. roe. democrats are going after each other. the grapevine next. yche>> fresh pickings from the political grapevine. they are lashing out at republicans for taking them unelectable. the super pack will support primary opposition to candidates it did believe had little chance of winning the election. like todd akin who lost his bid after comments about what he called legitimate rape. matt hoskins of the conservative fund calls the plan a comical attempt to silence. rather than working the grass-roots and working with thei
i think the republicans give obama cover. anything he fails to get is because of the republicans who are in transit on the right. there are so many republicans who don't want any kind of path to citizenship. i do believe this is important. rubio is a very important player. can he pull the party together? i think if he can we are going to get there. >> always great to get your perspective on these issues. joe trippi, karl rove, thanks for being with us. >> thank you for having us....
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president obama wants a plan to put 11 million illegal immigrants on a path to stipulate shinn. republicans on capitol hill are worried that will happen before we secure the borders. separate from the white house meeting there's a hearing by house republicans here on capitol hill to talk about that. >> tracie potts in washington. thank you. >>> the next foreign policy debate involves the state department, iran and a monkey. iran said it launched a monkey into space last week. the pictures released before and after the alleged missions beg to differ. washington expresses doubt about any space journey. but iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad said he would like to give it a joe. senator john mccain ran into trouble when he tweeted, quote, so ahmadinejad wants to be the first iranian in space, wasn't he just there last week? many in the twitter-verse called the wording racist. he sent another tweet and said the comments were a joke and told the people to quote/unquote lighten up. >>> last night, new jersey governor chris christie paid his first visit to david letterman who in the
president obama wants a plan to put 11 million illegal immigrants on a path to stipulate shinn. republicans on capitol hill are worried that will happen before we secure the borders. separate from the white house meeting there's a hearing by house republicans here on capitol hill to talk about that. >> tracie potts in washington. thank you. >>> the next foreign policy debate involves the state department, iran and a monkey. iran said it launched a monkey into space last week. the...
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positions that they received and they concluded that those whose political connections to president obama were measured in dollars rather than administration services had an increased chance of representing the united states in western europe and a small a chance of serving in say central asia or sub-saharan africa donors and advisers involved in the diplomatic selection process say the competition this year has been so tight that those who have raised less than a million dollars are for the most part unlikely to be considered so what is the quote unquote price tag for the highly sought diplomatic posts according to this study friends in monaco topped the list with the level of personal contributions of six point two million dollars the price for a position in the u.k. the authors find appears to be between six hundred fifty thousand dollars and two point three million dollars president obama has appointed friends and donors to about thirty percent of diplomatic posts while seventy percent of the post go to career diplomats so judging by this research career diplomats go to places like ye
positions that they received and they concluded that those whose political connections to president obama were measured in dollars rather than administration services had an increased chance of representing the united states in western europe and a small a chance of serving in say central asia or sub-saharan africa donors and advisers involved in the diplomatic selection process say the competition this year has been so tight that those who have raised less than a million dollars are for the...
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president obama holds eye level talks. house members will tackle the issue on capitol hill. tracie potts joins us with a preview of both. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. let's start with the white house. today president obama sits down with civic groups and labor leaders and then separately with business leaders. they're talking about the economy and deficit reduction. but also in the context of how does immigration affect that? the president said he wants to do something about the 11 million people who are living and working in this country and have been doing so for years illegally. but republicans here, especially conservatives on the house side, want to make sure border protection comes first. janet napolitano is touring the border right now and says we can secure it but we can't completely shut it down because that would hinder trade and commerce. also today the house judiciary committee meeting. they take a look at what might be the best solution here. there's a group of democrats and republicans working behind the scenes to come up with a solution. no word ye
president obama holds eye level talks. house members will tackle the issue on capitol hill. tracie potts joins us with a preview of both. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. let's start with the white house. today president obama sits down with civic groups and labor leaders and then separately with business leaders. they're talking about the economy and deficit reduction. but also in the context of how does immigration affect that? the president said he wants to do something about...
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and it's often called president obama's jewel of achievements during his first term i'm talking about health care reform but is obamacare actually the answer to the u.s. health care crisis a report on that coming up. it's monday february fourth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r.t. today marks john kerry's first official day as the sixty eighth secretary of state and perhaps not a moment too soon topping secretary kerry's agenda is a push to restart peace talks between israelis and palestinians and in the immediate future he plans to address the volatile situations in egypt and also in north africa his appointment comes amid dropping u.s. approval ratings in the middle east something that hillary clinton addressed last week. some of the success is that being attributed to you is the mending fix in you know it's the it's relation with have been mostly more yet the statistics contradict that if you look at the pew set this it shows that actually your favorite is him in comparison the bush administration is lower and in countries like turkey usually than a
and it's often called president obama's jewel of achievements during his first term i'm talking about health care reform but is obamacare actually the answer to the u.s. health care crisis a report on that coming up. it's monday february fourth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r.t. today marks john kerry's first official day as the sixty eighth secretary of state and perhaps not a moment too soon topping secretary kerry's agenda is a push to restart peace talks...
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president barack obama wills pay a visit to the west bank and to jordan. >>> and they have killed and captured antolin garcia-torres. he is expected to go on trial because of the disappearance of sierra lemar. he also attempted to kidnap three went from grocery stores back in 2009. >>> time now 5:06, the rebound in technology in silicone valley, there were 42,000 new jobs created in santa clara as well as fremont and union city. san francisco created 18,000 jobs >> all right, pam, time now 5:06 this gets everybody moving. if you have to drive on the east shore, how is it looking out there? >> we are off to a good start, 80 westbound is looking good as you drive out to the mcarthur maze area and to the bay bridge toll plaza, there is not a lot going on, this is a look at westbound bay bridge and i think we are off to a nice start. if you have to get into the city or if you are driving on the lower deck, it should be a nice drive for you as well. >> this is a look at northbound 280 in san jose and that traffic is moving along nicely getting up to highway 17. let's go to steve. >> all ri
president barack obama wills pay a visit to the west bank and to jordan. >>> and they have killed and captured antolin garcia-torres. he is expected to go on trial because of the disappearance of sierra lemar. he also attempted to kidnap three went from grocery stores back in 2009. >>> time now 5:06, the rebound in technology in silicone valley, there were 42,000 new jobs created in santa clara as well as fremont and union city. san francisco created 18,000 jobs >> all...
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so today president obama going to use his bully pulpit. he's going to meet with labor leaders and ceos and he's going to make the case to them that immigration reform is good for the economy. here's a look at who he's going to be meeting with in terms of the labor leaders. richard trumka of the afl-cio, eliseo medina, lloyd blankfein, and arnie sorenson, among others. so those are just a few of the folks with whom he will be meeting this afternoon. of course, time is of the essence, thomas. the president believes he has about a year, year and a half, to really make movements on some of these other policy issues, like gun control, like immigration reform. as you know, he was in minnesota yet, pressing for new gun safety measures. so i think this is a tactic you're going to see this white house continue with over the next several weeks. >> when you say time is of the essence, because of 2014, the midterms coming up. and when we talk about time, we know we have just a week to go until the state of the union address. but we're also learning th
so today president obama going to use his bully pulpit. he's going to meet with labor leaders and ceos and he's going to make the case to them that immigration reform is good for the economy. here's a look at who he's going to be meeting with in terms of the labor leaders. richard trumka of the afl-cio, eliseo medina, lloyd blankfein, and arnie sorenson, among others. so those are just a few of the folks with whom he will be meeting this afternoon. of course, time is of the essence, thomas. the...
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have a value of around six hundred thousand dollars like all modern presidents before him president obama has appointed friends and donors to about thirty percent of diplomatic post while seventy percent of the posts go to career diplomats so judging by this word research career diplomats go to places like yemen while big donors go to monaco. nobody of course calls it by barry here these are just respectable donors who get what they want when they pay the price or rather than john kerry he's just come into office and lots of these recent findings i guess there will be those wondering if he whipped out his book. well bill we don't know how much and whether john kerry paid for his position probably not he's in no position to be envied really these are challenging times for u.s. foreign service u.s. embassies have come under attack in a number of muslim countries just within the last year the u.s. ambassador to libya was killed in september shortly after the u.s. helped carry out regime change there and there's a sense of denial in washington that this rage against the americans in the musli
have a value of around six hundred thousand dollars like all modern presidents before him president obama has appointed friends and donors to about thirty percent of diplomatic post while seventy percent of the posts go to career diplomats so judging by this word research career diplomats go to places like yemen while big donors go to monaco. nobody of course calls it by barry here these are just respectable donors who get what they want when they pay the price or rather than john kerry he's...
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. >> new this morning, president obama. we have learned will not nature someone for the outgoing interior secretary salazar, an official of the r.e.i. sporting chain will be named. americans approve how president obama is handling immigration issues. the new washington post/abc news poll shows 49 percent believe he is on the right track. 43 percent disapprove. >> in the bay area, san francisco mayor lee is expected to announce his choice to fill the assessors post vacated by a newly elected council member. the mayor could be facing pressure to name another woman or asian to replace chu on the board. >> tone the concorde planning commission is meeting to talk of a ban on outdoor growth of medical marijuana. the contra costa times reports that the city attorney will ask the commission to recommend a ban, limiting the marijuana growing to inside homes. one resident is promising to challenge the resolution with a legal backyard grow. they already ban medical marijuana dispensaries. >> beyonce's super bowl half time hit is not w
. >> new this morning, president obama. we have learned will not nature someone for the outgoing interior secretary salazar, an official of the r.e.i. sporting chain will be named. americans approve how president obama is handling immigration issues. the new washington post/abc news poll shows 49 percent believe he is on the right track. 43 percent disapprove. >> in the bay area, san francisco mayor lee is expected to announce his choice to fill the assessors post vacated by a newly...
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have a value of around six hundred thousand dollars like all modern presidents before him president obama has appointed friends and donors to about thirty percent of diplomatic post while seventy percent of the posts go to career diplomats so judging by this word research career diplomats go to places like yemen while big donors go to monaco. nobody of course calls it by barry here these are just respectable donors who get what they want when they pay the price or at the end john kerry has just come into office and knowledge of these recent findings i guess there will be those wondering if he whipped out his church. well bill we don't know how much and whether john kerry paid for his position probably not he's in no position to be envied really these are challenging times for u.s. foreign service u.s. embassies have come under attack in a number of muslim countries just within the last year the u.s. ambassador to libya was killed in september shortly after the u.s. helped carry out regime change there and there's a sense of denial in washington that this rage against the americans in the
have a value of around six hundred thousand dollars like all modern presidents before him president obama has appointed friends and donors to about thirty percent of diplomatic post while seventy percent of the posts go to career diplomats so judging by this word research career diplomats go to places like yemen while big donors go to monaco. nobody of course calls it by barry here these are just respectable donors who get what they want when they pay the price or at the end john kerry has just...
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as best i can remember, president obama signed off on that. they agreed to this abo. this was the deal because there was no deal. everyone thought it would never come to pass, but it will come to pass, isn't it. >> and bob woodward reported it was the white house's idea to have a sequester. it looks like the sequester is working sxalgexactly as it was designed, to force spending cuts that nobody would be happy about. but in the absence of making a deal which seems unmajorable, it looks like there is every possibility on march 1st the cuts will go into effect and they will do what they were designed to do wh ed ted t ed e they were first thought of a year ago. >> and it could cost more potentially to have a sequester because ear canceling contracts that have all sorts of penalties associated with them. >> what's fascinating about the sequester, when it was conceived, the idea was let's put in someplace something so terrible that we, congress and the white house, will never let it happen. and what are they going to do? they're almost certainly going to let it happen. wh
as best i can remember, president obama signed off on that. they agreed to this abo. this was the deal because there was no deal. everyone thought it would never come to pass, but it will come to pass, isn't it. >> and bob woodward reported it was the white house's idea to have a sequester. it looks like the sequester is working sxalgexactly as it was designed, to force spending cuts that nobody would be happy about. but in the absence of making a deal which seems unmajorable, it looks...
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brains of the digital future," and susan crawford served for a time as a special assistant to president obama for science, technology and innovation. right now she teaches communications law at the benjamin cardozo school of law here in new york city and is a fellow at the roosevelt institute. susan crawford, welcome. >> thank you so much. >> "captive audience?" who's the captive? >> us, all of us. what's happened is that these enormous telecommunications companies, comcast and time warner on the wired side, verizon and at&t on the wireless side, have divided up markets, put themselves in the position where they're subject to no competition and no oversight from any regulatory authority. and they're charging us a lot for internet access and giving us second class access. this is a lot like the electrification story from the beginning of the 20th century. initially electricity was viewed as a luxury. so when f.d.r. came in, 90% of farms didn't have electricity in america at the same time that kids in new york city were playing with electric toys. and f.d.r. understood how important it was for
brains of the digital future," and susan crawford served for a time as a special assistant to president obama for science, technology and innovation. right now she teaches communications law at the benjamin cardozo school of law here in new york city and is a fellow at the roosevelt institute. susan crawford, welcome. >> thank you so much. >> "captive audience?" who's the captive? >> us, all of us. what's happened is that these enormous telecommunications...
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a corruption and an abuse of the process the obama administration is now promising to draft a new national polygraph policy that would prevent agencies from pushing legal or ethical boundaries during screenings but at the moment the program has no oversight or accountability meaning tens of thousands of u.s. citizens will continue getting personally probes in the name of new. security green up we're not party new york. time now for the business update with natasha natasha is it true that the forthcoming winter olympic games in sochi here in russia twenty fourteen they're going to be become the most expensive games ever well that's if you trust the official estimates of a fifty billion dollars price tag i'll tell you all about why and what that actually means in the business both after a short break right thanks very much. speak your language as i think you might be will not be in. the program says documentaries in spanish what matters to you. is it will turn a deaf angle stories. i'll teach spanish to find out more visit actuality. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you thi
a corruption and an abuse of the process the obama administration is now promising to draft a new national polygraph policy that would prevent agencies from pushing legal or ethical boundaries during screenings but at the moment the program has no oversight or accountability meaning tens of thousands of u.s. citizens will continue getting personally probes in the name of new. security green up we're not party new york. time now for the business update with natasha natasha is it true that the...
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. >>> well, today president obama will travel to minneapolis to push his proposal for broader gun control measures in the wake of the deadly school shooting in newtown, connecticut. tracie potts is live in washington with more on that. there's also a photo of the president that's raising some eyebrows. >> reporter: absolutely. he's traveling to minnesota because the white house thinks this is a perfect backdrop for him to push his gun control measures, it's a city that's done a lot to curb gun violence. as president obama pitches his gun control plan in minneapolis, more reaction to this white house photo, skeet shooting at camp david. critics are saying it's an obvious effort, as they put it, to pander to conservatives, making the point that the president supports the second amendment while pushing for gun-control measures. >> mark kelley argues checks must be expanded to keep guns away from mentally ill people. his wife was shot gabrielle giffords. >> he could have gone to a gun show or private seller and gotten a gun. >> this super bowl ad accused the nra of making a complete turn arou
. >>> well, today president obama will travel to minneapolis to push his proposal for broader gun control measures in the wake of the deadly school shooting in newtown, connecticut. tracie potts is live in washington with more on that. there's also a photo of the president that's raising some eyebrows. >> reporter: absolutely. he's traveling to minnesota because the white house thinks this is a perfect backdrop for him to push his gun control measures, it's a city that's done a...
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a corruption and abuse of the process the obama administration is now promising to draft a new national polygraph policy that would prevent agencies from pushing legal or ethical boundaries during screenings but at the moment the program has no oversight or eligibility meaning tens of thousands of u.s. citizens will continue getting personally probes in the name of new. security up we're not party new york. time now for the business update with natasha natasha is it true that be forthcoming winter olympic games in sochi here in russia in twenty fourteen they're going to be become the most expensive games ever well that's if you trust the official estimates of a fifty billion dollars price tag i'll tell you all about why and what that actually means in the business both after a short break right thanks very much. do we speak your language as i think about the war not being.
a corruption and abuse of the process the obama administration is now promising to draft a new national polygraph policy that would prevent agencies from pushing legal or ethical boundaries during screenings but at the moment the program has no oversight or eligibility meaning tens of thousands of u.s. citizens will continue getting personally probes in the name of new. security up we're not party new york. time now for the business update with natasha natasha is it true that be forthcoming...
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they have carried out their jobs with extraordinary patriotism and distinction. >> president obama's commends come after the pentagon announced last in they are opening up combat jobs to women. in the interview, the president said that gays should be allowed in the boy scouts, with the national executive board holding a meeting in texas to vote on lifting the ban. >> the u.s. postal service will release a stamp honoring civil rights pioneer rosa parks unveiled during a ceremony in detroit today. it would have been her 100th birthday today. she was arrested in 1955 after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person in alabama. she showed the defiance that became a symbol of the civil rights movement. >> it is cloudy but you can see the bay lights. >> it looks like a waterfall on the side of the bay bridge. >> better than having tears. >> now, outside, you can see a lot of people waking up in a bad mood and gray this morning as are the clouds. hopefully the feeling of despair will pass and the sun will come out and make for a brighter afternoon. we have downtown san francisco rig
they have carried out their jobs with extraordinary patriotism and distinction. >> president obama's commends come after the pentagon announced last in they are opening up combat jobs to women. in the interview, the president said that gays should be allowed in the boy scouts, with the national executive board holding a meeting in texas to vote on lifting the ban. >> the u.s. postal service will release a stamp honoring civil rights pioneer rosa parks unveiled during a ceremony in...